AMD continues to strengthen its position in the global high-performance computing (HPC) market, with the latest TOP500 and Green500 rankings showing broad adoption of AMD EPYC processors and Instinct accelerators across leading supercomputing deployments. According to the June 2026 TOP500 list, AMD technology now powers 191 systems, an 11% year-over-year increase, and accounted for 41%

At ISC 2026, DDN announced a broad expansion of its AI and HPC data platform portfolio, introducing new hardware, software, and platform capabilities designed to improve GPU utilization, accelerate AI inference, and simplify large-scale AI infrastructure deployments. The announcements include the AI400X3M storage appliance, the general availability of DDN’s distributed KV Cache acceleration technology integrated

Micron has announced a strategic agreement with Anthropic focused on AI memory and storage architecture, long-term component supply, enterprise deployment of Anthropic’s Claude models within Micron, and participation in Anthropic’s Series H funding round. The partnership aligns infrastructure development more closely with the requirements of large-scale AI training and inference environments. The companies plan to

For most of the last decade, the high-core workstation conversation has been largely led by AMD. Threadripper PRO pushed core counts, cache, and PCIe lanes past what Intel’s Xeon-W line could offer; the prior Xeon-W flagship topped out at 60 cores, while AMD kept climbing. Intel’s Xeon 600 series, launched in February of this year,

As quantum computing continues its transition from research labs to practical computing environments, AMD and IBM are positioning themselves around a common vision: hybrid computing architectures that combine quantum processors, high-performance computing (HPC), and AI into a unified platform. Recent disclosures from both companies outline a growing partnership focused on building the infrastructure required to

At ISC High Performance 2026 in Hamburg, VDURA is showcasing three major platform updates designed to improve storage operations and data pipeline performance for AI and HPC environments. The company unveiled a next-generation multi-tenant control plane, enhanced S3 performance capabilities, and native S3 object tagging support, all scheduled for general availability in the second half

Virtuozzo has announced that Virtuozzo Storage has achieved Veeam Ready certification as an object storage backup target and is now listed in the Veeam Ready database. The certification validates interoperability and performance requirements for use with Veeam’s object storage capabilities. It allows customers to use Virtuozzo Storage as a certified backup repository while maintaining existing

CGI and NetApp have expanded their global alliance partnership, with NetApp Keystone set to power CGI’s block storage solutions within its shared services platform. The move deepens the companies’ existing relationship and is designed to help organizations modernize IT infrastructure, improve data management, and advance AI initiatives across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments. Under

IBM has announced the general availability of three new IBM Z software offerings that strengthen security operations, simplify certificate management, and improve database administration through AI-assisted automation. The releases reflect IBM’s continued focus on supporting mission-critical workloads running on IBM Z and LinuxONE environments as enterprises address increasingly complex security, compliance, and operational requirements.